학명 : Festuca glauca Vill.
분류 : Poaceae
Common Name : Blue Fescue
사진 : 2022.04.26 여주 황학산수목원
품종 'Elijah Blue'로 소개되어 있다
아래 : 2022.05.27 광릉수목원
설명
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' 블루페스큐 '일라이저 블루'
Noteworthy Characteristics
Festuca glauca, commonly called blue fescue, is a short-lived, low-growing, semi-evergreen, clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-gray foliage. Foliage forms a dome-shaped, porcupine-like tuft of erect to arching, needle-like blades radiating upward and outward to a height of 6-8" (inflorescences typically bring total clump height to 10-14"). Light green flowers with a purple tinge appear in terminal panicles atop stems rising above the foliage in late spring to early summer, but inflorescences are not very showy. Flowers give way to buffy seed heads which some gardeners find attractive but others find detractive to both the symmetry of the plant and the foliage color. Synonymous with Festuca ovina var. glauca and Festuca ovina 'Glauca'.
Genus name comes from the Latin word meaning a grass stalk or straw.
'Elijah Blue' is one of the best of the blue fescues. Synonymous with Festuca ovina 'Elijah Blue' and Festuca ovina var. glauca 'Elijah Blue'.